Stories from Sunday, September 3, 2000

The meeting was called to order by Commander Bill Sullivan. The color guard advanced the colors, chaplain Boyd Summers gave the opening prayer, members recited the pledge of allegiance to the flag, and Preamble of the American Legion Constitution in unison. A total of 51 members were present...

I've never been able to name one or two favorite movies. I've always had to divide by categories ... even then, I'm not necessarily putting them in order. Here goes, though, for some of my favorites. (I'm sure I'm leaving out some key ones!) DRAMA Midway, Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?; Sunset Blvd.; Citizen Kane; Metropolis; Guess Who's Coming to Dinner; To Sir, With Love; Patton; The Big Chill; Tuskeegee Airmen; On Golden Pond; Witness; Mississippi Burning; Driving Miss Daisy; Mr. ...

Large crowds, a record number of talent show competitors and bearable weather helped the 2000 Jackson Homecomers live up to the event's fine tradition. The event, held most years since 1908, saw relatively mild temperatures some nights. Rain, meanwhile, held off until the very end of festivities the final night...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- The Area Wide United Way in Cape Girardeau will continue to fund the local council of the Boy Scouts of America, Executive Director Nancy Jernigan announced Wednesday. On June 28, the United States Supreme Court ruled that the Boy Scouts of America is a private organization and not a public entity...

Several new titles are available at the main facility of the Riverside Regional Library in Jackson. New in the adult category are Chicken Soup for the Golden Soul, Family Fun Tricks and Treats by Deanna F. Cook, Roan by Jennifer Blake, The Redemption of Sarah Cain by Beverly Lewis, Beyond the Gathering Storm by Janette Oke and Winter Solstice by Rosamunde Pilcher...

The 14th annual reunion of the former Jackson Hosiery Mill was held Aug. 26 at Delmonico's Restaurant in Jackson. Present were people from St Louis, Humboldt, Tenn., Kimberling City, Warsaw, Mo. Plans are being made to hold the next reunion Aug. 25, 2001. The planning committee will be Marjorie Grindstaff 243-2279 and Jessie Kamp 243-5304...

Walkin' the halls: Although no one was sent to the assistant principal's office for tardiness, many parents found it challenging to find their way around the frequently enlarged JHS campus during open house...

Stickers: Two young women had sticker mania during Homecomers week. Local contestant: Ashley Booker was the only Jackson High School student competing for 2000 Miss Homecomers honors. A strong field of seven candidates revived the queen pageant, which had to be dropped last year due to lack of interest...

I recall two events in baseball history, in which one just knew what the final outcome would be after hearing these events. Ken Boyer of St. Louis hit a grand slam to beat the Yankees in game 4 of the 1964 World Series. Somehow, you just knew the Yankees were in trouble and the Cardinals would win it all -- and they did. ...

Sophonisba (Sophie) Gathman went to Ireland last weekend a 16-year-old Jackson High School student in braces and returned the second-best teen-age Celtic harp player in the world. Gathman, of Pocahontas, Mo., was runner-up in the 16- to 18-year-old division at the world championship of Irish music in Enniscorthy, Ireland. She competed in the Fleadh Cheoil na hEireann, an annual music festival that draws the best traditional players of Irish music from around the world...

As a youngster, Mort Walker spent a lot of time sitting around the kitchen table with his mother and father. "We'd draw," said Walker. "I'd draw cartoons. We didn't have television, and we didn't listen to the radio that much." Walker's dad, an architect, would work on his drawings. His mother, a newspaper illustrator, would sketch out her illustrations...

Local television station KFVS12 will broadcast its 20th annual Jerry Lewis Telethon Monday from Lowe's Home Improvement Warehouse in Cape Girardeau. The telethon benefits the Muscular Dystrophy Association. Locally, it will begin at 7 a.m. and end at 6 p.m...

Teen-agers who lament the lack of weekend entertainment in Cape Girardeau might soon find they have little to complain about. With Christian music blaring from stereo speakers, flashing colored lights and video screens, Freedom Rock offers "youth flavor" to youths and people of all ages, said Mike Lovig, youth pastor at First Assembly of God Church...

BENTON, Mo. -- During one point of Neighbor Days on Saturday afternoon, a decidedly larger crowd had gathered to eat hamburgers and barbecue at a Catholic church food stand than the United Methodist's stand set up in the city ballfields near old Benton High School...

There's nothing like a good set of wheels. Our family found that out last week when our aging van's fuel pump went out, leaving us with only a single car to rely on to get around town. A two-parent, two-kid family simply can't survive on a single car. It's downright un-American...

A pilot and his passenger were unharmed when their two-seat aircraft made an emergency landing Saturday afternoon in northern Scott County, the Scott County Sheriff's Department said. About 5:30 p.m., the pilot of an old PT-13 Stearman reported problems when he was flying into Cape Girardeau Regional Airport. Lindsey D. Bredemeyer, 37, of Houston, Texas, was forced to land his airplane in a cornfield about one mile south of the airport...

Cape Girardeau City Council Agenda Tuesday, Sept. 5 at 7:30 p.m. City Hall, 401 Independence St. Study session at 5 p.m. Public hearings n Public hearing regarding the trickling filter rehabilitation at the wastewater treatment plant, to review and seek public input and comment for proposed improvements to the wastewater collection system...

Agenda 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 5 Action Items Power and Light Committee n Consider a bill proposing an ordinance re-adopting Article VII, Chapter 2 of the Code of Ordinances. n Consider a bill proposing an ordinance vacating a general utility easement on property owned by Marway Development Company...

New Southeast Missouri State University football coach Tim Billings will be the guest on KCRU's "Going Public" at 3 p.m. today on 90.9 FM. Topics will include Billings' background and the future of Southeast football. At 3:30 p.m., an encore broadcast of the program will feature university professor Bonnie Stepenoff, who will be speaking about Labor Day themes with an emphasis on women's work issues...

It was 2 a.m. and I couldn't sleep, having just got back from the rest of my job in the other seven dimensions of the universe, when I looked out the kitchen window and these words sprang into my mind: Hark! What light through yonder window breaks? It is the east, and my Jupiter and Saturn are shining from the sun. Arise, fair planets, and kill the envious stars who are already sick and pale with grief that thou their guests are far more fair than they...

Southeast Missouri State University's season-opening 63-7 loss at Marshall Thursday night gave about as much an indication of what lies ahead for the Indians this year as if they had beaten a lower-division patsy by the same score. Absolutely nothing...

To several Cape Central soccer players, Nathan LeGrand's game-winning goal was like an angel of death. The feat instantaneously triggered one player after another to collapse under the sweltering sun and melt into the turf as if the goal itself sucked the life from their bodies...

Notre Dame's girls softball team played just one game on Saturday, but they completed an impressive sweep. With a 4-2 victory over St. Pius X 4-2 in the championship game of its own Softballfest, Notre Dame swept its own weekend sports festival for the first time. Earlier in the day, Notre Dame's boys prevailed 1-0 over Cape Central in the championship match of the Soccerfest...

Former Southeast Missouri State University baseball standout Jeremy Johnson has won the 2000 Ralph Nelles award that goes to the Pioneer League Most Valuable Player. Johnson, in his rookie season of professional baseball, is an outfielder for the Medicine Hat Blue Jays. He was the 2000 Ohio Valley Conference Player of the Year for baseball and also the 2000 OVC Male Athlete of the Year after a record-setting career at Southeast...

Last week in this column we stated that we would discuss both teal season and the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) waterfowl reservation system for the 2000 waterfowl season. Judging by the number of phone calls, there are a number of questions about the call-in reservation system. We will try to answer some of those questions here...

JACKSON, Mo. -- With the furnace dial set on "VERY HOT" at Jackson City Park, the annual Jackson Invitational went off without a hitch Saturday, although a little earlier than originally planned. Of the 21 schools scheduled to participate, about four canceled due to the heat...

ST. LOUIS -- Southeast Missouri State's women's volleyball team dropped both of its matches Saturday in the 2000 Coca-Cola Billiken Invitational. Southeast (1-2) won its opener Friday, but dropped its first match Saturday in five sets to St. Louis 14-16, 4-15, 15-4, 15-14, 12-15...

Cape Central's hard work has paid off. After an offseason in which by all accounts has been the Tigers' best in several years, Cape Central coach Lawrence Brookins thought his team was in better shape than St. Charles West Friday night. The result was a 35-0 win and the end of a 11-game home losing streak...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The ink isn't officially dry on the Second Regular Session of the Ninetieth Missouri General Assembly, but plans are already being made to introduce legislation early in the 2001 session to approve state participation in the construction of a new stadium for the St. Louis Cardinals...

JACKSON, Mo. -- Clarence Riley Schweain, 76, of Jackson died Friday, Sept. 1, 2000, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born April 9, 1924, in Advance, son of John Riley and Mayme J. Wallace Schweain. He and Lena Smith were married Nov. 27, 1944, in Cape Girardeau...

Cindy (Sanders) Blackwell died Saturday, Sept. 2, 2000, as the result of injuries received in an automobile accident near Newport, Ark. Watkins and Sons Funeral Service of Dexter is in charge of arrangements.

BERNIE, Mo. -- Gertrude Machen Dowdy, 88, of Bernie died Saturday, Sept. 2, 2000, at Dexter Memorial Hospital. She was born May 15, 1912, in Malden, daughter of Hugh and Ida Nichols Machen. She and Hubert Dowdy were married in Malden. He died April 20, 1966...

CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Beverly J. Schearf, 55, of Memphis, Tenn., died Saturday, Sept. 2, 2000, at St. Francis Hospital in Memphis. She was born June 24, 1945, in Delta, Mo., daughter of Glenn C. and Mildred Pearl Thoma Schearf. She was a homemaker. Survivors include her fiance, Dewight Russell of Memphis; four sons, Kenneth and Brent Zimmerman of Memphis, Richard Zimmerman of Boynton Beach, Fla., and Gregory Zimmerman of Boca Raton, Fla.; two brothers, Shelby Schearf of Carmi, Ill., and Michael Schearf of McLeansboro, Ill.; two sisters, Sandra McDowell of Cape Girardeau and Frances McCarty of Mount Vernon, Ind.; and seven grandchildren.. ...

CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Lydia Almedia Sanders of Chaffee died Friday, Sept. 1, 2000, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born the daughter of Peter Monroe and Barbara A. Betteau Craig. She and George R. Sanders were married March 28, 1942. He died Jan. 2, 1980...

Lorene C. Templeton, 95, died Friday, Sept. 1, 2000, at Ratliff Nursing Home in Cape Girardeau. She was born Dec. 28, 1904, in Oran, Mo. daughter of William and Mary Menz Pobst. She married Chester Templeton in 1925 in Cape Girardeau. He preceded her in death in 1956...

Wilda Louise Pogue, 74, of Cape Girardeau died Friday, Sept. 1, 2000, at St. Francis Medical Center. She was born Feb. 11, 1926, at Patton, Mo., the daughter of William H. and Edith Bennett Green. She married Jake R. Pogue on July 3, 1947, in St. Louis...

CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Darrell J. Miller, 58, of Chaffee died Saturday, Sept. 2, 2000, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. He was born Dec. 14, 1941, in Cairo, Ill., son of James Talmadge and Freeda Irene Harvell Miller. He and Virginia Lee May were married Sept. 30, 1960...

Deanna Rose Pobst was stillborn Thursday, Aug. 31, 2000, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Survivors include her parents, Brian and Kimberly Pobst of Oran, Mo.; a brother, Anthony Pobst of Oran; paternal grandparents, Terry and Rose Pobst of Oran; maternal grandparents, Frank and Judy Criddle of Cape Girardeau; paternal great-grandparents, Harold and Bernice Pobst of Oran; and maternal great-grandparents, Edward and Pansy Strack of Cape Girardeau...

ANNA, Ill. -- Hilbert Adams, 92, of Anna died Saturday, Sept. 2, 2000, at his home. He was born July 7, 1908, in Anna, son of John Quincy and Ada May Bowman Adams. He and Mary F. Wright were married Aug. 14, 1937, in Jackson, Mo. She died March 29, 1997...

MY COMMENT is in response to the letter from Susan Steel about the charges for the accused murderers of her mother, Willie May Vasquez. I can not even fathom how the prosecutor of Scott County Christy Baker-Neel could amend theses charges from first-degree to second-degree murder. ...

To the editor: I've been an avid supporter of the Jackson School District all my life. Up until now, I've kept rather quiet. However, recent comments by some people have prompted me to write my first letter to the editor. The school board has received a lot of verbal abuse from a handful of people. ...

KENNETT, MO. -- I think it's safe to say that either Bob Holden or Jim Talent will be our next governor, and it's probably even safer to state that on Wednesday morning, Nov. 8, some 5.4 million of us Missourians will awaken with the same questions:...

Among the fiercest debates raging between the two major-party presidential candidates is over how and under what circumstances to cut taxes. (We pause here to note that the conservative side of the debate has already won a crucial victory when the question is not whether, but how, to reduce the burden of taxes on overtaxed Americans during a time of bountiful federal surpluses.) Texas Gov. George W. Bush and Vice President Al Gore do differ sharply on taxes...

Monday is Labor Day, that uniquely American holiday set aside to honor those who toil for a living in this wonderful country. As with much else in our country these days, labor isn't what it used to be. From a high of nearly 35 percent of the private-sector work force in the 1950s, organized labor today represents only about 11 percent of private-sector workers. The principal growth sector of unions today is in public-employee union membership...

"The White House yesterday defended its probe of the Boy Scouts' use of federal facilities," began the lead in Friday's Washington Times story, "while a 'troubled' Texas Gov. George W. Bush urged President Clinton not to sever 'the federal government's long-standing relationship' with the Boy Scouts."...

Michael Von Hasseln sang "Neon Moon" at Broussard's karaoke night. Kim Pennington and Tracy Simpson don't mind admitting they have a problem. "We're karaoke-aholics," they said Wednesday night, even as they listened to a performer on the stage at Broussard's, 120 N. Main St. The duo knew they were the next to sing before a lively crowd of diners and drinkers attending the restaurant's popular Karaoke Night...

JACKSON, Mo. -- Mr. and Mrs. Wilburn Proffer of Jackson celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with an open house Aug. 19, 2000, at First General Baptist Church. Hosts were their children: Linda Simpson and husband Tom of St. Charles, Mo.; Roger Proffer of Ballwin, Mo., and David Proffer of San Diego, Calif...

C.W. and Melva McEndree of Cape Girardeau observed their 57th anniversary at a surprise celebration held at Enchanted Gardens in Jackson, Mo. Hosts were their children and spouses, Michael and Diane McEndree of Minneapolis, Minn., and Maureen and Sam Ottenlips of St. Louis...

Jeannie Ray Beasley and Nathan James DeVault were married July 25, 2000, in an outdoor gazebo setting at Wedding Bells Chapel in Las Vegas, Nev. Bishop Michelina T. Foster performed the double ring ceremony. Vocalist was Carolyn DeVault, mother of the groom...

FROHNA, Mo. -- Kelly Kay Stueve and Wesley Allen Colbert exchanged wedding vows April 15, 2000, at Concordia Lutheran Church. The Rev. Wayne Palmer performed the double ring ceremony. Organist and pianist was Nelda Koeberl of Frohna. Vocalists were Ken Steffens of Cape Girardeau, uncle of the bride, and Peggy Scholl of Frohna...

SCOTT CITY, Mo. -- Maria Sotiriou of Houston, Texas, and Jack Ray King of Eagle River, Alaska, were married May 27, 2000, at Webber House and Gardens in Houston. Dr. Ernest Izard performed the single ring ceremony. The bride is the daughter of Nikoloan Kitromilides of Chios, Greece, and Jocelyn Anderson of Brisbane, Australia. King is the son of Lourine King of Scott City...

I received my invitation to the Fall Festival of Gypsy Colored Leaves early this year. Being still bemused by the pink and white patients and Heavenly Blue Morning-glories, I almost missed it. But there it was, hanging in the pink dogwood tree. I was just sitting on the porch watching the day come in. ...

Delia Ann Campbell and Thomas Henry Spillers were married Aug. 14, 1999, at First Assembly of God Church. Elder Carl Whitaker performed the ceremony. Pianist was Matt Yount, and vocalists were Robin Sides and Kenny Lewis, all of Cape Girardeau,. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hershel Campbell of Cape Girardeau. The groom is the son of Hester Spillers of Cape Girardeau...

Homer and Nancy Markhart of Cape Girardeau and Paul and Debbie Griffin of Fruitland, Mo., announce the engagement of their daughter, Jessica Leah Wolpers, to Darrin Lee Rhodes. He is the son of the Rev. Luther and Kathy Rhodes of Jackson, Mo. Wolpers is majoring in special education at Southeast Missouri State University. She is a school bus driver with Crabtree-Harmon...

Ron and Kay Thiele of St. Louis and Joe and Judy Gremaud of Perryville, Mo., announce the engagement of their children, Brandi Anne Thiele and Jeremy Joseph Gremaud, both of Cape Girardeau. Thiele received a degree in chemistry from Southeast Missouri State University in May. She is a lab technician at Lone Star Alternate Fuels...

April Bingham and David Dobson of Carrollton, Texas, announce their engagement. She is the daughter of Rodger and Mary Bingham of Fernley, Nev. Dobson is the son of Dennis Dobson of Cape Girardeau. A Sept. 23 wedding is planned at St. John's United Church of Christ in Jackson, Mo...

WHITEWATER, Mo. -- Lender "Frog" and Patricia Crader of Whitewater announce the engagement of their daughter, Heather Dawn Crader of Leopold, Mo., to Andrew Jason Elfrink. He is the son of William "Bill" and Donna Elfrink of Leopold. Crader is a 1995 graduate of Delta High School. She received a bachelor of science degree in psychology from Southeast Missouri State University in 1999. She is a disability determinations counselor with state of Missouri...

SIKESTON, Mo. -- Daniel and Joyce Lambert of Sikeston announce the engagement of their daughter, Kimberly Michelle Lambert of Marion, Ill., to Eric Michael Beardslee. He is the son of Joyce Eftink of Oran, Mo. Lambert is a graduate of Thomas W. Kelly High School at Benton, Mo., and received a bachelor of science degree from Southeast Missouri State University. She is employed by the Federal Bureau of Prisons in Marion...

SCOTT CITY, Mo. -- Mr. and Mrs. Steve Sanford of Scott City and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Swan of Mt. Vernon, Ill., announce the engagement of their children, Tara Leigh Sanford and Ryan Swan. Sanford expects to receive a degree in management information systems from Southern Illinois University-Carbondale in May 2001...

JACKSON, Mo. -- Michael and Laura Liley and Michael and Carol Keen of Jackson announce the engagement of their daughter, Alisha Anne Liley, to Nathan Montgomery Turley. He is the son of Wayne and Karen Turley of Jackson. Liley is a 1997 graduate of Jackson High School. She expects to receive a degree in elementary education from Southeast Missouri State University in May 2001...

Sashi and Suzy Glasscock of Cape Girardeau announce the engagement of their daughter, Sasha Marie Glasscock, to Shaun Michael Gohn. He is the son of Mary Lou Gohn of Cape Girardeau, and the late Herbert L. Gohn. Glasscock is a 1996 graduate of Notre Dame High School, and received a bachelor of science degree in business management from Southeast Missouri State University in May...

SCOTT CITY, Mo. -- Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Cummins of Scott City announce the engagement of their daughter, Audra L. Cummins, to Christopher R. Gibson of Statesville, N.C. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Huey Gibson of Poplar Bluff, Mo. Cummins is a 1993 graduate of Scott City High School. She is a certified respiratory therapist and sleep technologist at Sleep Medicine Center of Salisbury, N.C...

The breakfast nook at 164 Green Meadows is nestled into bay windows that look out onto the interior sun deck. An intricately designed glass insert in the wooden front door and side panels combine with a gracefully landscaped lawn to offer an appealing invitation to this Jackson, Mo., executive home. ...